I Closed My Eyes…
Drew back the curtain
To see for certain what I thought I knew.
Far far away someone was weeping
But the world was sleeping
Any dream will do.
I wore my coat with golden lining
Bright colors shining, wonderful and new
And in the East the dawn was breaking
And the world was waking
Any dream will do.
A crash of drums, a flash of light
My golden coat flew out of sight.
The colors faded into darkness
I was left alone.
May I return to the beginning
The light is dimming, and the dream is too.
The world and I, we are still waiting
Still hesitating
Any dream will do.
Give me my colored coat, my amazing colored coat.
Give me my colored coat, my amazing colored coat.
Sincerest apologies to Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber on that (That’s “Any Dream Will Do” from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which is what Lizzie started singing to me backstage at the theatre.), but I just had to.
Top to bottom, we have:
1. Me in The Sweater!
2. Showing off my mad stranding skillz
3. The buttons (I’ll be damned – JoAnn’s had ones I really like!), joined by the dragonfly pendant that Carrie gave me for my birthday this fall (She made the cord on a lucet, which she still needs to teach me to use!)
4. The back (pose inspired by the original Joseph album cover and posters) and
5. Me, in The Sweater, thrilled beyond belief. And a little warm. 
Oh, and the last line of the song (which is also the last line of the show) – when I did the show, back in summer of 1995, my friend Allison and I used to jokingly since “mayonnaising colored coat”, because it completely sounded like that. I haven’t seen her since shortly before I got married (so, 1998), but every time I hear that line, I think of her, and I have to giggle.
March 5th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Trillian, it’s absolutely gorgeous! Stunning! I bow before you in awe.
March 5th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
wow. that is AMAZING!!! YOU SO TOTALLY ROCK THE FAIR ISLE, GIRL!
and also DAMN YOU! I will be singing that song for the rest of the week now.
March 5th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Trillian, that is beau-ti-ful! I also am in awe and stuck in my bow. Can you help me up? CONGRATULATIONS on an amazing job!
March 5th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Wow. It’s absolutely fabulous.
March 5th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
SQUEEEEEEEE!!!!! It looks awesome, and you look fabulous in it!!!! Totally,utterly, completely pie-worthy.
March 5th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Perfect! Looks just beautiful on you! (Nice photography too!)
March 5th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
So beautiful. Wow. I have no words.
March 5th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
That’s amazingly gorgeous. Congratulations!!
March 5th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Yowzah! Mad strandz, yo. Sick.
March 5th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Amazing, amazing, amazing! You must be so proud, as you should be!!
March 5th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
That is one hell of an amazing coat!!!
March 5th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Oh my gosh, it’s awesome!!! I am totally in awe of your stranding skillz. (Not to mention how many ends there must have been, I don’t even want to think about it!)
March 5th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Oh my.. it looks amazing! And your poses are fabulous!
March 5th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
HOly Moly!! It fits perfectly!! I love it!! Everything about ti!!
Don’t suppose you would make me one….
tee hee!
March 5th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Wow! Just wow!
PS – I just saw Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat last night and your cardigan is WAY better!!
March 5th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
wowie zowie that is, indeed, amazing! I’m in awe. I suddenly have the urge to hide everything I’ve ever knitted.
I love Joseph’s Coat, too!
March 6th, 2008 at 12:06 am
So pretty!!! I just makes me want to do one even more!!! Your stranding is wonderful. Nice buttons too. I almost got those for my CPH.
Nice hair too, BTW.
March 6th, 2008 at 12:53 am
Wow! That’s… just… I mean… WOW! The exterior is gorgeous, but the interior… the stranding… WOW! Wow.
March 6th, 2008 at 2:47 am
Pure stranded awsomeness! (And you should hug your man one extra time for thos excellent pictures he takes of you and your yarn!)
March 6th, 2008 at 4:45 am
Another impressed ‘wow!’ from me too. That is awesome – but I to will have that bloomin song stuck in my noggin all day now
March 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
What everyone else said
March 6th, 2008 at 6:32 am
I bow down to your awesome stranding skills (and your persistance). What an amazing FO…wear it in good health!
March 6th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Just beautiful! It fits you so well and looks great! We all bow at your stranding skills!
March 6th, 2008 at 7:22 am
Muy bella!!
March 6th, 2008 at 7:41 am
AH! No words to describe, really…it’s just beautiful. And I love the fit and how it looks on you – not too loose, not too tight. JUST RIGHT. I think this may be my favorite of everything I’ve seen you make, LOL!!
Congrats – wear it proudly!
March 6th, 2008 at 7:42 am
I can’t say anything more than what everyone has said so far. It looks fantastic, Pam! Well done!
March 6th, 2008 at 8:13 am
**wild clapping from the wings, both at the singing and, above all, that AMAZING cardigan!!!** Well done, you.
March 6th, 2008 at 8:29 am
thats amazing! awesome!
March 6th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Oh… my… gawd…. this is gorgeous!
You really have mad skills! I bow before you!
March 6th, 2008 at 8:46 am
Wow. Congratulations! It’s just amazing.
March 6th, 2008 at 8:51 am
It’s amazing Pam! Truly amazing. Can I be like you when I grow up?
March 6th, 2008 at 8:53 am
It is truly gorgeous! And you look truly gorgeous in the pictures!
March 6th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Um, okay….I’M SO NO WORTHY! You’re a knitting Goddess Pam. Amazing work!
March 6th, 2008 at 10:30 am
you rock!!! Thanks for replacing Sondheim in my head with Webber.. oy.. gotta get back to the one I’m supposed to be singing.. you’re sweater is fabulous!!
March 6th, 2008 at 11:01 am
An amazing work of art and quite the technical accomplishment! All that and it is beautifully wearable! A+++++++++
March 6th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Excellent work! So pretty. So colorful. And it looks great on you.
March 6th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
WOW. That’s…WOW.
March 6th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
THAT is incredible!!! And it looks fabulous on you! Congrats!
March 6th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I’m in awe of your mad stranding skillz!
March 6th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Ok… no fair… I *always* cry listening to that song (or apparently even reading the lyrics).
Your jacket *is* amazing. AMAZING! And not only does the jacket look amazing – it looks amazing ON YOU (a trick I haven’t quite figured out yet).
Be very proud of yourself. =)
March 6th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
So freakin’ amazin! You and that sweater. Can’t wait to see it in person.
Fabulous.
March 6th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Very beautiful!! Unbelievably beautiful…oh be very proud of yourself!!
March 6th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
It is absolutely gorgeous. Even the inside looks fantastic!
March 6th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
oh my goodness! i am absolutely blown away. you deserve a parade thrown in your honour. it’s just beautiful.
March 6th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Gorgeous gorgeous sweater!
March 6th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Damn, girl. That’s one amazing technicolor piece of work.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
*bam*
(the sound of me being floored)
That’s fabulous! Pammi pammi pammi, you have outdone yourself. That is some effing unbelievable Fair Isle/steek-o-rama
woooooooohooooooo
And double woooooooooohooooooo to Kris for his most excellent-as-usual piccie abilities
Love ya,
r
March 7th, 2008 at 1:01 am
That is one fine sweater! You are inspiring me to work on my own. Thanks!
March 7th, 2008 at 7:40 am
Shazam! Wowowowowow!! It’s fabulous, you singing your song and posing is fabulous – congrats! A real stunner – be proud – be very proud!
March 7th, 2008 at 8:34 am
It looks amazing on you! Well done!
March 7th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Oh! I love it! It came out great. I hoep someday to knit something like this. I’ve always wanted a sweater like that. Great work.
Also – I didn’t realized you changed the hair color. I love that green!
March 8th, 2008 at 2:03 am
great job, bebe!!!!
March 8th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Wow, awesome, you did a great job! That is a beautiful sweater.
March 8th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Pam, it is simply beautiful.
March 9th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Gorgeous sweater! I hope you bring it to Guild meeting Wed and show it off. I love it!
March 9th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Oh my – that is a damned fine sweater!
March 10th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Ha, I sang right along with you!! I love that show. Did you see the Donny Osmond version?
March 15th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
VERY nice.. and I love the song choice!
April 13th, 2008 at 11:02 am
I’m really, really impressed! Great job!